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Google Maps is now available for iPhone — People around the world have been asking for Google Maps on iPhone. Starting today, we're pleased to announce that Google Maps is here—rolling out across the world in the Apple App Store. It's designed from the ground up to combine the comprehensiveness …

The Web We Lost — The tech industry and its press have treated the rise of billion-scale social networks and ubiquitous smartphone apps as an unadulterated win for regular people, a triumph of usability and empowerment. They seldom talk about what we've lost along the way in this transition …

Combating accidental clicks in mobile ads — Ads on smartphones are effective, but many of us have at some point clicked on an ad by accident, which ultimately is a bad experience for the user, the publisher, and the advertiser who pays for clicks that may not be valuable.

Dell Quits Smartphone Business Globally, Drops Android — Dell is definitely pulling the plug on the smartphone business, globally. A tough decision, leaving a market that is expected to reach $150.3 billion in 2014, according to MarketsandMarkets. However, Jeff Clarke …

Samsung to reduce investment in LCD — Samsung Electronics is moving to reduce investment in its liquid crystal display (LCD) unit as the firm has shifted the focus of its screen business to organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and plastic-based flexible displays.

Google Starts Reporting False DMCA Takedown Requests — Ever since Google started publishing a transparency report for the DMCA requests it receives, the number of notices being sent have shot through the roof. — During the past month copyright holders asked Google to remove 12,045,130 webpages from its search.

Report: FTC To Say Google Did Not Violate Antitrust Laws — The New York Post is reporting that relatively soon, possibly as early as next week, the FTC is scheduled to announce a settlement of its antitrust investigation and potential claims against Google. The Post says that settlement will substantially let Google off the hook: